From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 1/13/23 22:00, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Geography - Currencies of the World   
   >   
   > This round is on currencies of the world.  All are in """current"""   
   > usage.  We'll give you the name of the currency (omitting "new"   
   > where applicable), and you name the country.   
   >   
   > 1. Lev.   
      
   Poland   
      
   > 2. Baht.   
      
   Thailand   
      
   > 3. Cedi.   
   > 4. Forint.   
      
   Hungary   
      
   > 5. Gourde.   
   > 6. Shekel.   
      
   Israel   
      
   > 7. Dirham.   
      
   Turkey   
      
   > 8. Quetzal.   
      
   Guatemala   
      
   > 9. Ringgit.   
      
   Burma   
      
   > 10. Tugrik or tögrög.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Get Smart   
   >   
   > * A. Too Smart for Their Own Good   
   >   
   >     A1. This world-renowned mathematician, who made significant   
   >         contributions to game theory, struggled with paranoid   
   >         schizophrenia.  His life was dramatized in the movie   
   >         "A Beautiful Mind" (2001).  Who is he?   
      
   Nash   
      
   >   
   >     A2. This chess player, who became world champion in 1972, was   
   >         one of the strongest players ever to play the game.   
   >         After his victory, he withdrew from active play and spent   
   >         most of the remainder of his life in seclusion.  He died   
   >         in 2008.  Who was he?   
      
   Fischer   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Smart to Read   
   >   
   > (The original titles of those works may not have been in English.)   
   >   
   >     B1. Who wrote the "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus"?   
   >     B2. Who wrote "Atlas Shrugged"?   
      
   Ayn Rand   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Smart Machines   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the 1982 movie based on the Philip K. Dick novel   
   >         "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"   
      
   Blade Runner   
      
   >   
   >     C2. In what movie series would you find the Skynet machine?   
      
   Terminator   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Smart Places   
   >   
   > These two questions are about the location of Ivy League universities.   
   >   
   >     D1. In what city would you find Brown University?   
      
   Providence RI   
      
   >     D2. In what city would you find Yale University?   
      
   New Haven CT   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Smart Programs   
   >   
   >     E1. What was the name of the IBM computer chess program that   
   >         Garry Kasparov played against in 1996 and 1997?   
      
   Deep Thought   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What was the name of the IBM computer program that competed   
   >         on "Jeopardy!" in 2011?   
      
   Deep Blue   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Smart Recognition   
   >   
   >     F1. The youngest Nobel Prize winner ever was """Lawrence Bragg,   
   >         for Physics in 1915""".  In whole years within 5 years,   
   >         how old was """he""" when """he""" received """his""" award?   
   >   
   >     F2. One of the oldest Nobel Prize winners ever was Doris Lessing,   
   >         for Literature in 2007.  In whole years within 5 years,   
   >         how old was she when she received her award?   
   >   
      
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